Photo 2

Bowers is shown again on March 27, 1944, from the starboard stern in San Francisco Bay wearing 32/16D. This photo is slightly out-of -focus. Photo source: NARA 19-LCM-DE637-2.

Photo 3

Bowers is shown from the port side again on March 27, 1944, in San Francisco Bay wearing 32/16D. Bowers has a 1.1-inch AA gun on the after deckhouse. Photo source: NARA 19-LCM-DE637-4.

Photo 4

Bowers is seen from the port stern again in an out-of focus photo on March 27, 1944, in San Francisco Bay wearing 32/16D. Photo source: NARA 19-LCM-DE637-4.

Photo 5

Bowers is now seen in an aerial view from the port on March 27, 1944, in San Francisco Bay wearing 32/16D. This photo was taken by an aircraft from the Naval Air Station, Alameda, California. Photo source: NARA BuAer AL-10510.

Photo 6

Bowers is shown in another aerial view again on March 27, 1944, in San Francisco Bay wearing 32/16D. This photo was also taken by an aircraft from the NAS, Alameda. Photo source: NARA BuAer AL-10516.

Photo 7

USS Bowers (DE-637) is shown from the port bow at Okinawa on April 16, 1945, after being damaged on the bridge by a Kamikaze. Bowers has partially painted over the 32/16D camouflage, probably before the attack. Photo source: NARA 80-G-315254.

Photo 8

A closer view of the damage to Bowers from a Kamikaze at Okinawa on April 16, 1945. Again one can see the partially painted over 32/16D camouflage. Photo source: NARA 80-G-315257.

Photo 9

A very close view of the damage to the bridge of Bowers from a Kamikaze at Okinawa on April 16, 1945. This attack killed 48 sailors on Bowers. Notice that the underside of overhangs had been painted white as a countershading method. Photo source: NARA 80-G-315255.